Partnership & Marriage

Couples work requires a commitment from both partners to enter into process wherein they can reveal themselves, untangle the expectations and projections that create conflict, and re-pattern unhealthy behaviors. Couples therapy offers a road map for a couple to forge a new image of themselves and their partnership.

One of the most difficult endeavors we can undertake is trying renegotiate our intimate relationships. It requires seeing conflict and challenges as invitations to change and evolve. It requires the curiosity and courage to explore the implicit assumptions we have about ourselves, each other and the relationship, make them explicit, and decide if those initial assumptions still serve the relationship? Or are they causing harm?

Let's face it, relationships are incredibly complex. Maintaining love, intimacy and connection is an ongoing project and no couple is immune to difficulties. Love is not enough to bind a relationship together— especially in a world that is changing so rapidly. Couples need resources to become resilient, to grow and ultimately thrive.

My approach to couples work is to uncover the structure of the conflict as well as the underlying attachment needs that are not being met. Then move into emotional skillfulness and mindfulness techniques that can help couples identify emotional reactivity and behavioral patterns to diffuse conflict more easily. Once these skills are in place, we can focus our attention on meaningful repairs, attunement, and connection that create the foundation for problem solving from a place of empathy and trust.

Common Issues dealt with in couples therapy

Deepening emotional intelligence & Attunement

Working through patterns of mis-communication

Perpetual conflict and power struggles

Emotional withdrawal & stalemates

Stress & Work/ Life Balance

Trauma

Infidelity & Betrayal

Sexual Intimacy Issues

Disagreements over values and priorities including: money, sex, parenting, and creating time for each other.

Whether you are considering the next level of commitment, are in a committed relationship, considering separation, or processing a separation or divorce, therapy can be deeply empowering and healing. I also treat same sex couples and families, siblings and business partnerships that are in need of fine tuning. You can gain a more expansive understanding of your relationship and a road map for resolving perpetual areas of conflict.

Families

The landscape of families is dramatically changing as is our conception around what it means to be in relationship to ourselves, our children and each other. When families are needing therapy as a whole, my team at Yale Street Therapy offers a variety of custom treatment plans and clinicians to support every member of the family, including individual therapy, couples and co-facilitated family sessions based on the specific needs of each client. For more information, check out our services page and contact me to see how I can facilitate your family needs. https://www.yalestreettherapy.com/services